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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Paternal Family Tree: Hohenzollern
On 7th December 1646 [his father] Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 26) and [his mother] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 19) were married at The Hague. They were half first cousin once removed.
On 11th July 1657 Frederick I King Prussia was born to Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 37) and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 29).
On 18th June 1667 [his mother] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 39) died.
On 13th June 1668 [his father] Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 48) and [his step-mother] Sophia Dorothea Oldenburg (age 31) were married. They were fifth cousins.
Before 1680 Frederick I King Prussia (age 22) and Elisabeth Henriëtte Hesse-Kassel (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Wilhelm "The Just" VI Hesse-Kassel and Hedwig Sophia Hohenzollern (age 56). He the son of Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 59) and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau. They were first cousins.
On 29th September 1680 [his daughter] Louise Dorothea Hohenzollern was born to Frederick I King Prussia (age 23) and [his wife] Elisabeth Henriëtte Hesse-Kassel (age 18). Coefficient of inbreeding 6.64%.
On 27th June 1683 [his wife] Elisabeth Henriëtte Hesse-Kassel (age 21) died.
Before 1685 Frederick I King Prussia (age 27) and Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 16) were married. She the daughter of Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 55) and Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern (age 54). He the son of Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 64) and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau. They were second cousins. She a great granddaughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
In 1685 [his son] Frederick August Hohenzollern was born to Frederick I King Prussia (age 27) and [his wife] Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 16). He a great x 2 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.96%.
In 1686 [his son] Frederick August Hohenzollern (age 1) died.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 29th April 1688 [his father] Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 68) died.
On 14th August 1688 [his son] Frederick William "Soldier King" I King Prussia was born to Frederick I King Prussia (age 31) and [his wife] Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 19). He a great x 2 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.96%.
In 1690 Frederick I King Prussia (age 32) was appointed 499th Knight of the Garter by King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 39) and Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland (age 27).
On 28th December 1694 the marriage of the future [his brother-in-law] King George I (age 34) and Sophia Dorothea of Celle (age 28) was dissolved. Sophia Dorothea was named as the guilty party for "maliciously leaving her husband". She was forbidden to remarry or to see her children again; her name was removed from official documents, she was stripped of her title of Electoral Princess. She was imprisoned for life.
In 1700 [his son-in-law] Frederick I King Sweden (age 23) and [his daughter] Louise Dorothea Hohenzollern (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Frederick I King Prussia (age 42) and [his former wife] Elisabeth Henriëtte Hesse-Kassel. He the son of [his former brother-in-law] Charles I Landgrave Hesse-Kassel (age 45) and Maria Amalia of Courland Landgravine Hesse-Kassel (age 46). They were first cousins.
In 1701 [his brother-in-law] King George I (age 40) was appointed 509th Knight of the Garter by King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 50).
On 18th January 1701 Frederick I King Prussia (age 43) was created I King Prussia. [his wife] Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 32) by marriage Queen Consort Prussia.
On 1st February 1705 [his wife] Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 36) died.
On 23rd December 1705 [his daughter] Louise Dorothea Hohenzollern (age 25) died in childbirth.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 28th November 1706 [his son] Frederick William "Soldier King" I King Prussia (age 18) and [his daughter-in-law] Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 19) were married. She the daughter of [his former brother-in-law] King George I (age 46) and Sophia Dorothea of Celle (age 40). He the son of Frederick I King Prussia (age 49) and [his former wife] Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia. They were first cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland.
In 1708 Frederick I King Prussia (age 50) and Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia (age 22) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Prussia. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg and Luise Henriette Orange Nassau. They were fourth cousins.
On 25th February 1713 Frederick I King Prussia (age 55) died. His son [his son] Frederick (age 24) succeeded I King Prussia. [his daughter-in-law] Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia (age 25) by marriage Queen Consort Prussia.
On 29th July 1735 [his former wife] Sophia Louise Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Prussia (age 50) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Philip V King France I King Navarre
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Joachim Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John George Hohenzollern Margrave of Brandenburg 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Joachim Frederick Hohenzollern 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Sigismund Hohenzollern 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: George William Hohenzollern 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Hohenzollern I Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach
Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert "The Elder" Hohenzollern I Duke Prussia
Great x 2 Grandfather: Albert Frederick Hohenzollern Duke Prussia 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Eric "The Elder" Guelph I Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna Maria Guelph Duchess Prussia 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anna Hohenzollern 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John II Count Palatinate Simmern 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick III Elector Palatine 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis VI Elector Palatine 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick IV Elector Palatine 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William "The Rich" I Count of Nassau Dillenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange
Great x 1 Grandmother: Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon Prince of La Roche sur Yon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Duke of Montpensier 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Louise Bourbon Duchess of Monpensier 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Jean IV de Longwy Seigneur de Givry
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jacqueline de Longwy 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Valois 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Frederick I King Prussia 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William "The Rich" I Count of Nassau Dillenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange
GrandFather: Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange
Great x 1 Grandmother: Louise Coligny Princess Orange
Mother: Luise Henriette Orange Nassau
GrandMother: Amalia Solms Braunfels Princess Orange